JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 



Vol.! MANHATTAN, KANSAS, AUGUST, 1885. No. 8. 



NEW FLORIDA FUNGI. 



BY J. E. ELLIS AKD DB. GEO. MARTIN. 



The species here described were mostly collected by Dr. Martin at 

 Green Cove Springs, Florida, in the winter of 1885. 



Patellaria cyanea, E. & M. — On living leaves of Quercus [lauri- 

 foUa ?) February. Gregarious or scattered, hypophyllous. Excipulum 

 patelliform, sessile, orbicular, 275 z^- diameter, convex and obscurely mar- 

 ginate, becoming concave, nearly indigo-blue and surrounded by a scanty 

 mycelium which stains the leaf blue. Asci oblong-cylindrical, con- 

 tracted at the base, 8-spored, 27—30 x 6 P-, without paraphyses. Sporidia 

 biseriate, obovate, 1-septate, hyaline, 7—9 xSp-. 



Has the general aspect of Asterina suhcyanea, E. & M., also much 

 resembles Patellaria nigro-cyanea, Phill. & Hark., outwardly, but that 

 species has asci 75 x 15 Z^- and sporidia 14—16 x 3—4 P-. 



AscoMYCETELLA AURANTiACA, E. & M.— On Icavcs of Quercus lau- 

 rifolia^ March. Dull orange-yellow, hypophyllous, flat, scattered, 380 — 

 400 p diameter. Asci obovate or pyriform, contracted below into a short 

 stipe, 25—38 x 12—15 P. Sporidia crowded, obovate, 1-septate, con- 

 stricted at the septum, granular at first, becoming clear and hyaline, 12— 

 15 X 4—6 Paraphyses none. Conidia abundant, forming small, loose, 

 white tufts scattered over the lower surface of the leaf and consisting 

 of closely packed bundles of hyphjs 100 — 150 x 12 — 15 /^-, bearing lat- 

 eral and terminal, hyaline, oblong-elliptical, 5 — 7 x 2 — 3 P- conidia. The 

 bundles of hyphse are hyaline and cylindrical, and separate at intervals 

 of 12—20 p- into sections squarely truncate at each end. Apparently the 

 growth is proliferous ; the little bundles of hyphse, after reaching the 

 height indicated and bearing at their apices a crop of conidia, continue 

 their united growth for 12—20 p further, where they bear another crop of 

 conidia ; and this process is repeated several times, a joint or articula- 



